A shoppe is a building where pirates combine labor and commodities to make products. All shoppes start off as a construction site, which may only be placed by the governor of the island. Once the construction site is put up, the governor immediately receives the deed to the construction site; the deed may be traded straight away or the governor may keep it. After a shoppe is finished being built, it may then start trading and rent will be required from this point onwards. As the space on an island is limited, shoppes are often sold for large sums.